gordon brown makes the case for canning brexit..

Gordon Brown has suggested the UK could yet remain in the EU if Leave voters realise they are at a ‘crisis point’ in the Brexit negotiations.

The former Prime Minister made his remarks as the Government confirmed the precise time and date of Brexit will be written into law – with the UK set to leave the EU at 11pm GMT – midnight in Brussels – on 29 March 2019.

Mr Brown insisted he is not arguing for a second referendum ‘at this stage’ but predicted there will come a point when Leave voters conclude that Brexit will not deliver what was promised.

Mr Brown – a Remain campaigner – said in an interview with the BBC that many Brexiteers could still be persuaded of the case for Remain if they were presented with ‘new evidence’.

‘Is there something that we didn’t get right the last time that could persuade millions of Leave voters that it was worth going Remain?’ Mr Brown – who kept the UK out of the Euro saying the time was not right for the single currency – said.